Pasteur effect /pasto͝or′, pästœr″/ [Louis Pasteur, French chemist, 1822–1895] , the inhibiting effect of oxygen on carbohydrate fermentation by living cells.
Pasteur effect /pasto͝or′, pästœr″/ [Louis Pasteur, French chemist, 1822–1895] , the inhibiting effect of oxygen on carbohydrate fermentation by living cells.